1951 (MCMLI ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 2nd millennium , the 51st year of the 20th century , and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade.
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January
January 21 : The eruption of Mount Lamington
January 4 – Korean War : Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory , with the writing off of £36.5M debt.[1]
January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch , The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp , is sentenced to life imprisonment.[2]
January 20 – Winter of Terror : Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically , killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province.[3]
January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel Journey Through the Night (Reis door de nacht ), set during World War II.
July
July 5 – William Shockley , John Bardeen and Walter Brattain , of Bell Labs, announce the invention of the grown-junction transistor . Same year, General Electric and RCA develop alloy-junction transistor .
July 10
July 13 – Vuoristorata , one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland .[8] [9]
July 16 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Baudouin , who on July 17 takes the oath as king of Belgium.
July 20 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem . He is succeeded by his son, King Talal .
July 23 – Marshal Philippe Pétain , former Prime Minister and Head of State of France, Chief of State of Vichy France during World War II , hero commander of World War I who led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun , for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun", dies while serving a sentence of life-imprisonment on the island of Île-d'Yeu at 95 years old.
July 26 – The first birch bark manuscript is discovered in Novgorod .
July 28 – Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees , a multilateral treaty of the United Nations , is signed at a special conference in Geneva , defining the status of refugees and setting out the basis for granting right of asylum , coming into force on 22 April 1954.
Unknown dates
IBM (United Kingdom) is formed.[14]
An 18-year-old sailor is fined for kissing in public in Stockholm , Sweden . The law court calls his actions "obnoxious behavior repulsive to the public morals".[14]
The United States becomes malaria -free (excluding territories and possessions)[15] [16]
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January
Phil Collins
Dave Benton
January 1
January 2 – Jan Fischer , 8th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
January 3 – Charles W. Mills , British-born American philosopher (d. 2021 )[18]
January 5 – Bakunde Ilo Pablo , Congolese musician
January 8
January 9 – Crystal Gayle , American country music singer
January 12 – Rush Limbaugh , American conservative radio personality (d. 2021 )
January 18 – Elijah Cummings , African-American politician (d. 2019 )
January 20 – Rouslan Saghabalyan , Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter[19]
January 23 – Sully Sullenberger , American diplomat and pilot
January 25 – Steve Prefontaine , American runner (d. 1975 )
January 30 – Phil Collins , English rock musician and producer
January 31
February
Blaise Compaoré
Gordon Brown
Edward Albert
February 3
February 10 – Bob Iger , American CEO of The Walt Disney Company [22]
February 12 – Rossana Ordóñez , Venezuelan journalist (d. 2021 )[23]
February 14 – Kevin Keegan , English footballer and manager
February 15
February 16 – William Katt , American film, television actor
February 19 – Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri , Pakistani Islamic Sufi scholar, leader
February 20
February 22 – Ellen Greene , American actress
February 23 – Patricia Richardson , American actress
February 24 – Debra Jo Rupp , American actress
February 25 – Don Quarrie , Jamaican sprinter[25]
February 27 – Steve Harley , British glam rock singer-songwriter (d. 2024 )[26]
March
Chris Rea
Kurt Russell
March 3 – Heizō Takenaka , Japanese economist
March 4
March 6 – Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (d. 2004 )
March 8 – Karen Kain , Canadian ballerina
March 9 – Zakir Hussian , Indian tabla virtuoso, composer, percussionist, music producer and actor
March 10 – Gloria Diaz , Filipino actress of film and television, model and beauty queen
March 13 – Charo , Spanish-American singer, entertainer
March 14 – Jerry Greenfield , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
March 17 – Kurt Russell , American actor
March 18 – Ben Cohen , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
March 20 – Jimmie Vaughan , American blues rock guitarist and singer
March 24 – Tommy Hilfiger , American fashion designer[27]
March 26
March 30 – Wolfgang Niedecken , German singer
May
Christopher Cross
Anatoly Karpov
Antonis Samaras
May 3 – Christopher Cross , American singer-songwriter
May 6
May 9
May 13 – Jumbo Tsuruta , Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2000 )
May 15
May 16 – Unshō Ishizuka , Japanese voice actor (d. 2018 )
May 18 – Ben Feringa , Dutch organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 19
May 20 – Christie Blatchford , Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. 2020 )[32]
May 22 – Kenneth Bianchi , American serial killer and rapist[33]
May 23
May 25 – Jamaluddin Jarjis , Malaysian politician (d. 2015 )
May 26
May 30
May 31 – Jimmy Nalls , American guitarist (Sea Level ) (d. 2017 )
June
Jill Biden
Suze Orman
Bonnie Tyler
Stellan Skarsgård
Álvaro Colom
Mary McAleese
June 2
June 3 – Jill Biden , First Lady of the United States
June 8 – Bonnie Tyler , Welsh pop singer
June 9 – James Newton Howard , American musician, composer
June 12
June 13
June 14 – Paul Boateng , British politician
June 15 – Álvaro Colom , 35th President of Guatemala (d. 2023 )
June 16 – Roberto Durán , Panamanian boxer
June 17 – Shahidan Kassim , Malaysian politician
June 18
June 20
June 21 – Nils Lofgren , American musician[34]
June 23 – Michèle Mouton , French rally driver
June 25 – Elvy Sukaesih , Indonesian dangdut singer
June 27
June 28
June 29 – Zvi Eliezer Alonie , Israeli rabbi
June 30 – Stanley Clarke , American bassist
August
Mohamed Morsi
Juan Manuel Santos
John Deacon
Dana Rosemary Scallon
August 2 – Andrew Gold , American singer-songwriter and musician (10cc , Wax ) (d. 2011 )
August 3 – Marcel Dionne , Canadian hockey player
August 6 – Catherine Hicks , American actress
August 8
August 10 – Juan Manuel Santos , President of Colombia and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
August 11 – Katsumi Chō , Japanese voice actor
August 13 – Dan Fogelberg , American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007 )
August 14 – Carl Lumbly , American actor
August 15 – Jim Allen , West Indian cricketer
August 16 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua , 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010 )
August 19 – John Deacon , English rock bassist
August 20 – Greg Bear , American author (d. 2022 )
August 21
August 22 – Chandra Prakash Mainali , Nepalese politician
August 23
August 24 – Orson Scott Card , American writer[39]
August 25 – Rob Halford , English rock singer
August 26 – Edward Witten , American mathematician, Fields medalist
August 28 – Wayne Osmond , American pop singer
August 30
September
Michael Keaton
Alexander Downer
Mark Hamill
Michelle Bachelet
September 2
September 3 - D. Rolland Jennings , American politician[40]
September 4 – Judith Ivey , American actress[41]
September 5 – Michael Keaton , American actor
September 7 – Chrissie Hynde , American rock singer
September 9 – Alexander Downer , Australian politician, diplomat
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 17 – Cassandra Peterson , American actress, known for her role in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
September 18 – Dee Dee Ramone , American bassist (d. 2002 )
September 20
September 21 – Aslan Maskhadov , President of Chechnya (d. 2005 )[47]
September 22
September 24 – Alfonso Portillo , President of Guatemala
September 25
September 26 – Stuart Tosh , Scottish musician
September 28 – Jim Diamond , Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2015 )[48]
September 29
September 30 – Barry Marshall , Australian physician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
October
Sting
Bob Geldof
Karen Allen
Pam Dawber
October 2 – Sting , British singer, rock musician, philanthropist
October 3
October 4 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poet
October 5 – Bob Geldof , Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats )
October 6 – Manfred Winkelhock , German racing driver (d. 1985 )
October 7
October 10 – Epeli Ganilau , Fijian soldier and statesman (d. 2023 )
October 11
October 15
October 18
October 19 – Annie Golden , Americana actress
October 20 – Claudio Ranieri , Italian football manager and player
October 22 – William David Sanders , American victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999 )
October 23 – Charly García , Argentine musician and songwriter
October 26
October 27 – Éric Morena , French singer (d. 2019 )
October 30 – Harry Hamlin , American actor
November
Traian Băsescu
Zeenat Aman
Kathryn Bigelow
November 2 – Thomas Mallon , American author and critic
November 3 – Ed Murawinski , American cartoonist (New York Daily News )
November 4
November 5 – Prince B.B Apugo , Nigerian politician
November 7 – Dennis Allen , Australian criminal and drug dealer, eldest son of Kath Pettingill (d. 1987 )
November 8 – Alfredo Astiz , Argentine commander
November 9
November 10 – Danilo Medina , Dominican politician 53rd President of the Dominican Republic
November 12 – Marcelo Rezende , Brazilian journalist and television presenter (d. 2017 )
November 15
November 16
November 17 – Stephen Root , American actor
November 18 – Justin Raimondo , American political activist (d. 2019 )
November 19 – Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton , British politician
November 20 – Rodger Bumpass , American voice actor known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants
November 21 – Thomas Roth , German television news anchor and presenter
November 24 – Chet Edwards , American politician
November 26 – Cicciolina , Hungarian-Italian actress and politician
November 27 – Teri DeSario , American singer-songwriter
November 29
November 30 – Christian Bernard , French-born mystic
Full date unknown
Peter Hargitay , public relations executive and a partner of the European Consultancy Network[51]
January
Reverend Franziskus Hennemann
Amy Carmichael
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
January 3 – Georgios Drossinis , Greek author, poet, scholar and editor (b. 1859 )
January 5 – Yasunosuke Gonda , Japanese sociologist and theorist (b. 1887 )
January 6
January 7
January 10 – Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )
January 12
January 13
January 15 – Sir Ernest Swinton , British Army general (b. 1868 )[52]
January 16 – Tsunejirō Ishii , Japanese admiral (b. 1887 )
January 17 – Franziskus Hennemann , South African Titular bishop and reverend (b. 1882 )
January 18
January 21 – Yuriko Miyamoto , Japanese novelist (b. 1899 )
January 22 – Harald Bohr , Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887 )[53]
January 23 – Robert J. Blackham , British general and author (b. 1868 )
January 27 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867 )
January 28
January 29 – Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer (b. 1880 )
January 30 – Ferdinand Porsche , German auto engineer (b. 1875 )
March
Blessed Zoltán Meszlényi
Kijuro Shidehara
Janusz Jędrzejewicz
March 1 – Maria Dickin , British social reformer (b. 1870 )
March 2
March 4
March 6
March 7 – Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi (b. 1885 )
March 8 – Charles Coleman , American actor (b. 1885 )
March 10 – Kijūrō Shidehara , Japanese diplomat, 31st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872 )
March 12 – Alfred Hugenberg , German businessman and politician (b. 1865 )
March 13 – Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand , Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (b. 1917 )[55]
March 14 – Val Lewton , American producer and screenwriter (b. 1904 )
March 16 – Janusz Jędrzejewicz , Polish politician and educator, 24th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1885 )
March 17 – Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (b. 1888 )
March 19
March 20 – Alfredo Baquerizo , 19th President of Ecuador (b. 1859 )
March 21 – Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (b. 1871 )
March 24 – José Enrique Varela , Spanish military officer (b. 1871 )
March 25
March 31 – Ralph Forbes , American actor (b. 1896 )
April
Oscar Carmona
Ivanoe Bonomi
Charles G. Dawes
April 2 – Mikhail Vladimirsky , Soviet politician (b. 1874 )
April 4 – George Albert Smith , 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870 )
April 5 – Cường Để , Vietnamese revolutionary leader (b. 1882 )
April 6 – Robert Broom , British paleontologist (b. 1866 )
April 9 – Vilhelm Bjerknes , Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862 )
April 11
April 14
April 16 – Adolph Bolm , Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1881 )
April 18 – Óscar Carmona , 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869 )
April 19 – Frank Hopkins , American professional horseman, soldier (b. 1865 )
April 20 – Ivanoe Bonomi , Italian politician and statesman, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873 )
April 21 – Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus , Dutch lepidopterist (b. 1894 )
April 22 – Horace Donisthorpe , British myrmecologist (b. 1870 )
April 23 – Charles G. Dawes , 30th Vice President of the United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865 )
April 25 – Shyam , Hindi actor (b. 1920 )
April 26 – Arnold Sommerfeld , German physicist (b. 1868 )
April 29 – Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian philosopher (b. 1889 )
May
Homero Manzi
Henri Carton de Wiart
Mary Emelia Moore
Empress Teimei
May 1 – Klymentiy Sheptytsky , Soviet Orthodox priest , martyr and blessed (b. 1869 )
May 2
May 3 – Homero Manzi , Argentine Tango lyricist and author (b. 1907 )
May 5
May 6 – Henri Carton de Wiart , 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1869 )
May 7 – Warner Baxter , American actor (b. 1889 )
May 8 – Pat Hartigan , American actor and director (b. 1881 )
May 10 – Nikola Mushanov , 23rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1872 )
May 16 – François Hussenot , French engineer (b. 1912 )
May 17
May 18 – Gaspar Agüero Barreras , Cuban composer, pianist and composer (b. 1873 )
May 20 – Marguerite Merington , English-American author (b. 1857 )
May 23 – Antonio Gandusio , Italian actor (b. 1875 )
May 25
May 27 – Sir Thomas Blamey , Australian field marshal (b. 1884 )
May 29
May 30
August
Robert Walker
August 14 – William Randolph Hearst , American newspaper publisher (b. 1863 )
August 15 – Artur Schnabel , Austrian-born Jewish classical pianist (b. 1882 )
August 16 – Louis Jouvet , French actor and director (b. 1887 )
August 19 – Władysław Wróblewski , Polish politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer, provisional Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1875 )
August 21 – Constant Lambert , British composer (b. 1905 )
August 24
August 26 – Bill Barilko , Canadian hockey player (b. 1927 )
August 28 – Robert Walker , American actor (b. 1918 )
September
Ernestina Lecuona y Casado
Maria Montez
Augusto de Vasconcelos
September 1
September 2 – Antoine Bibesco , Romanian aristocrat, lawyer, diplomat and writer (b. 1878 )
September 3
September 5 – Mário Eloy , Portuguese painter (b. 1900 )
September 7
September 9
September 10 – Giuseppe Mulè , Italian composer and conductor (b. 1885 )
September 15 – Jacinto Guerrero , Spanish composer (b. 1895 )
September 17
September 18
September 26 – Ioan Dimăncescu , Romania army officer (b. 1898 )
September 27 – Augusto de Vasconcelos , Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat, 57th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1867 )
September 29 – Thomas Cahill , American soccer coach (b. 1864 )
December
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Blessed Anton Durcovici
December 1 – Felix Petyrek , Austrian composer (b. 1892 )
December 4 – Pedro Salinas , Spanish poet (b. 1891 )
December 5 – Shoeless Joe Jackson , American baseball player (Chicago White Sox ) (b. 1887 )
December 6
December 10 – Algernon Blackwood , British writer (b. 1869 )
December 11
December 12 – Bill Patton , American actor (b. 1894 )
December 15 – Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth , British diplomat, 1st Secretary-General of the League of Nations (b. 1876 )
December 19
December 20 – Anton Durcovici , Austro-Hungarian born Romanian Roman Catholic bishop and blessed (b. 1888 )
December 23 – Enrique Santos Discépolo , Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer (b. 1901 )
December 24 – Raffaele Rossetti , Italian engineer and military naval officer (b. 1881 )
December 31 – Maxim Litvinov , Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat (b. 1876 )
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